Charlie Chan in Panama

Mar 1, 1940

1h 6m

★ 6.8

One more minute... and the fleet is doomed!

Overview

Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Mystery

Comedy

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Charlie Chan

Sidney Toler

Kathi Lenesch (Baroness Kathi von Czardos)

Jean Rogers

Cliveden Compton

Lionel Atwill

Miss Sarah Finch

Mary Nash

Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)

Victor Sen Yung

Richard Cabot

Kane Richmond

Sergeant Montero

Chris-Pin Martin

Dr. Rudolph Grosser

Lionel Royce

Stewardess

Helen Ericson

Emil Manolo

Jack La Rue

Governor D.C. Webster

Edwin Stanley

Captain Lewis

Donald Douglas

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